Electing Our Dictator by Jacob G. Hornberger February 1, 2008 The debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton over Iraq, along with the positions on Iraq taken by the Republican presidential candidates (except for Ron Paul) reflect what the presidential race is all about. It might not be politic to say so but the fact is that what Americans will be electing in November is ...
An All-Abiding Faith in the Welfare-Warfare State by Jacob G. Hornberger January 31, 2008 Among the more amusing political mantras in the presidential race is that of Mitt Romney. "Washington is broken," he declares, inevitably bringing cheers from Republican audiences. It's as amusing as the popular mantra employed by the Democrats: "Change!" They still just don't get it. It's not "Washington" that is broken. It's the welfare-warfare state that Americans ...
The Moral Degeneracy of Alternative Rationales for Invading Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger January 30, 2008 One of the most disappointing parts of the Democratically controlled Congress has been its refusal to conduct a formal investigation into whether President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, and other U.S. officials knowingly, deliberately, and intentionally presented false rationales for invading Iraq. Everyone knows that Bush and his associates issued many statements that later turned out to be false regarding Saddam’s WMDs. ...
Free Trade, Sovereignty, and Big Government by Jacob G. Hornberger January 29, 2008 I’m befuddled by those people who are worried about a conspiracy regarding a super-highway between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It seems that what concerns the super-highway opponents is the possibility that the governments of Canada, the United States, and Mexico will combine into one super-government, such as the European Union, and adopt a unified ...
Are Americans Facing a Perfect Storm? by Jacob G. Hornberger January 28, 2008 President Bush is advising the members of Congress not to load up his “economic-stimulus” package with a bunch of lard and pork. Unfortunately, he didn’t explain why. After all, if $800 in the hands of each taxpayer will “stimulate” the economy, why won’t a bunch of checks in the hands of favorite congressional supporters do ...
The War on Immigrants Is a War on Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger January 25, 2008 Lost in the furor over the so-called immigration crisis is that the war on immigrants is a direct assault on both free enterprise and freedom of association, freedoms on which our nation was founded. Despite the often-heard canard about immigrants going on welfare, the fact is that most immigrants come to the United States to better their ...
The Ominous Message in Padilla by Jacob G. Hornberger January 23, 2008 Yesterday the presiding judge in the Jose Padilla case sentenced Padilla to 17 years in jail. Supporters of the “war on terrorism” might be tempted to smugly believe that the conviction and sentence vindicated what the government did to Padilla. They do not. What happened to Padilla continues to hang over the head of every independent-minded American like a ...
Lou Dobbs and the Drug War by Jacob G. Hornberger January 22, 2008 Last night, CNN television commentator Lou Dobbs was commenting on the recent death of a Border Patrol agent at the hands of drug dealers along the border. The agent had used his vehicle to try to stop the Hummer that was being driven by the drug dealers. The drug dealers crashed into the agent’s vehicle, ...
Economic Stimulus Lunacy by Jacob G. Hornberger January 21, 2008 Obviously becoming increasingly concerned about the U.S. economy, President Bush is offering a band-aid solution: an “economic-stimulus package” entailing a federal welfare check of $800 being sent to every taxpayer. Oh, sure, he’s not calling it a welfare check. He’s calling it a “tax rebate” but in fact it’s nothing but a welfare check, one ...
Empire and the Economy by Jacob G. Hornberger January 18, 2008 It’s quite amusing to watch U.S. officials, presidential candidates, and mainstream-media types presenting their pet plans to “revive the economy.” Except for Ron Paul, they all operate on the assumption that a recession, like terrorism, is some sort of mysterious disease that periodically afflicts societies. Their diagnosis of the problem is similar to ...
Conservative Blind Eye on Empire by Jacob G. Hornberger January 17, 2008 One of the things that has long fascinated me about conservatives is how eager they always are to criticize foreign regimes while, at the same time, steadfastly maintaining a blind eye to wrongful policies and practices of the U.S. government. For example, a conservative will rail against the evils of socialism but then use the educational and health care ...
Empire, Interventionism, and the Wall Street Journal by Jacob G. Hornberger January 16, 2008 On January 15, the Wall Street Journal carried a strange article entitled “Ron Paul and Foreign Policy” by Bret Stephens, a member of the Journal’s editorial board, which criticized Ron Paul’s libertarian foreign-policy views. Taking libertarians to task for embracing a policy of non-intervention in the Middle East (and the rest of the world), Stephens pointed to ...
